Är lite besviken på den här boken. Den saknade den fart och action som gjorde att jag fastnade i den första boken och som gjorde den andra relativt bra. Det blir för långa partier med fakta/information och inte så mycket spänning. I de 2 första böckerna lyckades han bättre med att väva samman informationen med händelserna. Det är först på de sista 50 sidorna som farten ökar en del och det börjar bli lite spännande, men då är det egentligen för sent. Det är intressanta tankegångar som hade kunnat bli en riktigt bra historia, men så är inte fallet den här gången. Det finns ju dock 2 böcker till om Jack Howard, så jag hoppas på en förbättring. With this book, its the author that brings the story down. It tries to imitate works by Dan Brown but falls short in many aspects. The ideas were fascinating, the plot intriguing, but I think it would have been told better in the hands of another author (like Dan Brown). The book never really came to life.1. Characters: All characters were lacking in any depth or charisma. Plus the characters all seemed to have the same voice. Long conversations got confusing to try and figure out who was saying what. The book also lacks in a strong female lead throughout the book. 2. Historical basis: This book slams constant historical stories in your face. It takes a while as a reader to figure out where you are. I did enjoy the flashbacks to Claudius' life. It made more sense than the present day constant explanations about the past. Its like the scope of the history became too much for the plot.3. Plot: It tries to be fast paced, but to attempt to do this, it cuts out descriptions and puts pure historical explanation for its pacing. Places and character movements are not clear, and i had to keep re-reading to find a miniscule mention of a set up. In addition, these characters elude to a backstory (Gibbons' prevous books?), yet the backstory is never fleshed out. Its mentioned many times, but its never summarized. This story is also told in a way that you can't read a bit here and there. It requires a longer attention span to get into a scene because of the length of historical descriptions. This is not always something I can give to a book being a busy mother. Now the story had some thoughtful moments which I enjoyed. It had a rich vocabulary as well.4. Ending: Can we say Deux ex Machina???? The end confrontation did not make sense. It was just sort of resolved. Seemed like the author fizzled out big time. The end was a disappointment. Though I did appreciate the final flashback, I do not think the final "revelation" was ever fully revealed. At least with DaVinci Code you get the final piece of the puzzle. I am not sure this author had a good revelation so just sort of cut it off? This book never reached its full potential. Though I did enjoy moments here and there, but the ending left me bummed out. What was all that build up for??? I'm still not sure. I'd give it 2-1/2 stars if I could but not 3.
What do You think about Sista Evangeliet (2008)?
I like I like it so far. A whole lot of make believe artifacts. That's always fun.
—tamarita78
